The Castrato: Reflections on Natures and Kinds. By Martha Feldman. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2015. [xxiii, 421 p. ISBN 9780520279490. $60.] Musical examples, illustrations, bibliography,...
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Read MoreA weighty and manifold tradition of discourse contending with issues of materialism and materiality has long been present in humanistic scholarship. The materialist spirituality of Baruch Spinoza...
Read MoreScholarship on the refrain in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries has often been limited to romantic song genres, hypothesized origins of the refrain, and poetic traditions. In...
Read MoreWhether the sonic scope measures large or small, both musical and non-musical sounds cut through physical barriers in ways that visual images cannot. In Music, Piety, and Propaganda:...
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